No. 21-6140

Leonard Morrison v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-11-01
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: 4th-amendment community-caretaking consent exigent-circumstances fourth-amendment home-search implied-consent law-enforcement probable-cause search-and-seizure warrantless-entry
Key Terms:
FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2021-12-03
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a court can find voluntary 'implied consent' to a warrantless home entry when the officer did not request permission to enter and was unaware of any context for the movement he claimed to interpret as 'implied consent to come in'

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTION PRESENTED Can a court find voluntary “implied consent” to a warrantless home entry when the officer did not request permission to enter and was unaware of any context for the movement he claimed to interpret as “implied consent to come in”? ii

Docket Entries

2021-12-06
Petition DENIED.
2021-11-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/3/2021.
2021-11-08
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2021-10-28
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 1, 2021)

Attorneys

Leonard Morrison
Samantha Jean KuhnFederal Public Defender's Office, Petitioner
Samantha Jean KuhnFederal Public Defender's Office, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent